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American and Chinese fighter jets in near collision: Incredible footage shows aircrafts just 20 FEET apart over South China Sea before US pilot is forced to take 'evasive maneuvers'
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Posted on 12/29/2022 8:40:37 PM PST by algore
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I understand wake turbulence, but I have also seen the Blue Angels taking far better evasive maneuvers.
If you are a military or other pilot I defer to your expert opinion. (I have only piloted a plane once)
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posted on
12/29/2022 8:40:37 PM PST
by
algore
To: algore
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posted on
12/29/2022 8:41:15 PM PST
by
algore
To: algore
A U.S. military spokesperson said the Chinese jet 20 feet from the plane's nose,The plane is a lot farther than 20 feet.
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posted on
12/29/2022 8:44:49 PM PST
by
fso301
To: algore
Remember Wang Wei and the EP3 collision in 2001.
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posted on
12/29/2022 8:46:14 PM PST
by
ifinnegan
(Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
To: algore
The last time that happened, we gave China a P-3 as restitution.
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posted on
12/29/2022 8:49:07 PM PST
by
BobL
To: algore
That sounds like a Chinese version of a Kamakazi Pilot: a pilot who does not hesitate to ram into an “enemy” plane, knowing that any collision would kill both pilots. If our pilots are being kept busy passing CRT or equity courses without learning our history, that’s dangerous.
To: algore
Having flown lots of formation flights, that footage shows nothing alarming. The Chinese fighter is right where the us fighter would want him.
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posted on
12/29/2022 9:03:40 PM PST
by
Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
To: fso301
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posted on
12/29/2022 9:19:00 PM PST
by
rlmorel
("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
To: Magnum44
That is what I had thought.
Thanks for the confirmation
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posted on
12/29/2022 9:19:34 PM PST
by
algore
To: Magnum44
I thought the US pilot might have made him a bit nervous by maneuvering into his blind spot (dropping back and then down)
But if that is all there is, I don’t get the hyperventilating by the press.
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posted on
12/29/2022 9:22:00 PM PST
by
rlmorel
("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
To: BobL
As I recollect, the P3 was “forced” to land in China. Wonder what the Admirals were screaming at that pilot? Back then I know what my life was worth should it have been in a similar situation. Our guards were there to make sure our equipment and us were never to fall into enemy hands.
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posted on
12/29/2022 9:25:34 PM PST
by
Dogbert41
(Baruch Ha Ba Ba Shem Adonai!)
To: Magnum44
“Having flown lots of formation flights, that footage shows nothing alarming. The Chinese fighter is right where the us fighter would want him”.
Except it was not a US fighter but a US refueling tanker.
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posted on
12/29/2022 9:37:05 PM PST
by
laplata
(They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
To: Dogbert41
“As I recollect, the P3 was “forced” to land in China.”
There was a collision, and the crew had the option of either ditching the plane or landing it in enemy territory. They chose the latter. I figure the reason was due to the women screeching on the plane, so one might say, the women forced it down.
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posted on
12/29/2022 9:41:22 PM PST
by
BobL
To: algore
Well, the China jet was a fighter, and, unlike the title, the American jet was NOT a fighter... it was a KC135 Tanker (Stratotanker) (a slightly modified 707).
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posted on
12/29/2022 10:58:36 PM PST
by
Bikkuri
(I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
To: ifinnegan
"Remember Wang Wei and the EP3 collision in 2001."
That was the first thing that popped into my mind. (Was it that long ago?! 😮)
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posted on
12/29/2022 11:00:05 PM PST
by
Bikkuri
(I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
To: Bikkuri
Well, remember, to ‘journalists’, every military aircraft is a ‘fighter jet’.
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posted on
12/30/2022 12:48:48 AM PST
by
real saxophonist
(Hoplophobia will never be in the DSM, because the DSM is written by hoplophobes.)
To: BobL; All
I had not heard that before but it makes sense. Where was an officer to tell her to STFU ,and ‘Get ready to earn your pay, we are going in the drink’.
To: algore
It appears to me that the ChiComs are angling for dominion over the same territory that the Imperial Japanese wanted during the 20th century.
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posted on
12/30/2022 2:53:35 AM PST
by
fella
("As it was before Noah so shall it be again," )
To: algore
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posted on
12/30/2022 3:18:02 AM PST
by
sauropod
(“If they don’t believe our lies, well, that’s just conspiracy theorist stuff, there.”)
To: real saxophonist
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